Shopping Cart Website
Built for Real-World Businesses
DotFront is designed for businesses that need more than just an online store — they need systems that work in the real world.
Whether you sell products, services, or both, our platform adapts to your industry — not the other way around.
Shopping Cart Platform That Converts
Our shopping cart solution is fully custom-designed to match your brand’s look and feel — not a cookie-cutter template. This level of customization builds trust, improves user experience, and drives higher conversion rates = more sales.
Nearly every shopping cart can process online credit card payments. That part is expected — and should be the least of your concerns.
What truly matters is what happens before and after the sale. That’s why we encourage you to focus on the marketing and management tools that support real business growth.
Peace of Mind, Built In
dotFRONT handles all the technical details — from infrastructure and security to updates and ongoing support.
Stay focused on what matters most:
running your business.
Marketing, management tools, and customer support are the foundation of dotFRONT.
Our platform was built with powerful yet easy-to-use tools that can be fully customized to your business model — helping you streamline operations and automate order processing with confidence.
Shopping Cart Features
100% Fully Customizable
Design every aspect of your online store to match your brand — from layout and colors to the overall shopping experience.
Unlimited Products
Add and manage as many products as your business requires, without artificial limits.
Unlimited Categories & Subcategories
Organize products and services efficiently to improve navigation and customer experience.
Built-in HTML Editor
Create rich product descriptions and customize content areas with full HTML control.
Advanced Encryption
Industry-leading Triple DES encryption protects sensitive payment and customer data.
Secure Online Transactions
SSL support and secure payment handling ensure trust, compliance, and data integrity.
Order Processing
Integrated Shipment Tracking
Real-time tracking information is pulled directly from the carrier and displayed on your site, allowing customers to track shipments without leaving your store.
Automated Tax Calculations
Automatically calculate taxes during checkout using local, state/province, and country-based tax rules.
Real-Time Shipping Rates
Get accurate, real-time shipping rates from leading carriers such as UPS and FedEx. Customers can compare options based on delivery time and cost.
Multiple Payment Options
Accept credit cards, electronic checks, purchase orders, COD, and phone or fax orders — all in one system.
Digital Download Delivery
Automatically deliver digital products such as software, music, or graphics, with full control over availability and expiration.
Dropship Integration
Orders can automatically trigger email notifications to vendors or shippers, ensuring fast fulfillment and seamless communication.
Product Management
Product Import & Batch Update Utility
Easily add new products or perform bulk updates by importing data from an existing database or delimited files — saving time and reducing manual work.
Catalog & Product Page Templates
Choose from fully customizable catalog and product page templates. No HTML editing required, yet full control remains available when needed.
Unlimited Categories & Subcategories
Build unlimited category levels to organize products efficiently and support advanced drill-down product searches.
Price & Weight-Sensitive Attributes
Manage pricing and shipping costs based on product attributes such as size or weight — ensuring accurate pricing and delivery costs.
Inventory Tracking with Backorders
Advanced inventory controls let you track stock levels, allow or restrict backorders, display availability on product pages, and receive automated low-stock notifications.
Shopper Features
Designed to remove friction, increase confidence, and make buying simple and enjoyable for your customers.
- Shopping Cart Thumbnails with Attribute Images
Customers see exactly what they ordered, reducing confusion and increasing confidence at checkout. - Simple Search Utility
Shoppers can search for products from any page, making navigation fast and intuitive. - Advanced Site Search Filters
Customers quickly narrow down products based on their specific needs. - Running Cart Total
A persistent cart summary keeps shoppers informed on every page. - Customer Address Book
Store unlimited shipping addresses for faster and easier checkout. - Wish Lists
Let shoppers save items and share wish lists with friends and family — perfect for holidays, weddings, and special occasions. - Email to a Friend
Built-in sharing tools help drive organic traffic and referrals.
Marketing & Promotions
Price Levels
Offer alternative pricing structures for specific customers, resellers, or wholesale partners.
Clearance Pricing
Move inventory faster and generate revenue by creating targeted clearance pricing strategies.
SEO-Friendly URL Rewriting
Improve search engine visibility with dynamically optimized URLs that are clean, readable, and keyword-friendly.
Google Analytics Integration
Track traffic, understand customer behavior, improve conversions, and increase time-on-site with built-in Google Analytics integration.
Search Engine Optimization Tools
Define your own keywords, meta tags, and descriptions. DotFront automatically applies them across your store pages.
E-Coupons & Discounts
Create coupon-based promotions with flexible expiration rules and product-level or category-level restrictions.
Product & Storewide Sales
Launch promotions on specific products, categories, brands, or across your entire store — giving you full control over where and how sales are accelerated.
Advanced Affiliate Programs
Grow referral-based sales with a fully automated affiliate system. Affiliates can securely track performance and commissions.
Suggested Selling
Increase average order value by presenting relevant add-on products throughout the buying journey.
Cross Selling (Related Products)
Encourage additional purchases by showcasing related items directly on product detail pages.
Quantity Discounts (Volume Pricing)
Incentivize bulk purchases with multi-level quantity discounts, offering either fixed or percentage-based price reductions.
Shopping Cart Features
100% Fully Customizable
Design every aspect of your online store to match your brand. From layout to colors and user flow — everything is customizable.
Unlimited Products
Add and manage as many products as your business needs — no artificial limits.
Unlimited Categories & Subcategories
Organize products and services clearly to improve navigation and customer experience.
Built-in HTML Editor
Create rich product descriptions and customize content areas with full HTML control.
Advanced Encryption
Industry-leading Triple DES encryption protects sensitive credit card and transaction data.
Secure Online Transactions
SSL support and secure payment handling ensure customer trust and data integrity.
- Integrated Shipment Tracking
Tracking information is pulled real-time from the shipper and displayed on your site for your customer. Provide customers with the ease of tracking shipments without having to leave your site. - Automated Tax Calculations
Local, state/province, and country tax region options can be used to calculate Tax rates during checkout. - Real Time Shipping Rates
Get accurate shipping costs real time from leading carriers, including UPS, FedEx,. Customers can shop prices from a list of supported methods and choose an option that meets their timeline and budget. Merchants can also figure shipping costs based on the order total or products ordered. - Multiple Payment Options
Accept electronic checks, purchase orders, COD, credit card, and phone/fax orders. - Download Delivery
Offer merchants automated delivery of soft goods, such as music, software, graphics, etc. Specify when the download is made available and for how long. - Dropship Integration
DotFront software generates an e-mail to the shipper/vendor when an order is placed to ensure seamless communication and quick fulfillment.
- Shopping Cart Thumbnail with Attribute Image
Customers will see a thumbnail image of exactly what they ordered, eliminating doubt or confusion. - Simple Search Utility
Let shoppers search for items from any page. A great feature! - Site Search Page Filters
Allow customers to quickly search for a particular need; reveals available items. - Running Cart Total
Lets customers keep track of their order with a cart summary on every page. - Customer Address Book
Shoppers can store an unlimited number of addresses in a personal address book. We make it easy for shoppers every step of the way. - Wish Lists
Allow customers to add items to a wish list and e-mail that list to friends and family. A great tool for holiday, wedding or special occasion shopping. - E-Mail to a Friend
Drive site traffic by giving shoppers the ability to email product information to a friend or associate.
- Personal E-Business Consultant
Experienced online business analysts offer oversight of your order and provide insight and assistance. - Payment Processing with Authorize.Net
Built on the industry leading Authorize.Net Payment Gateway; DotFront can help you accept credit card and electronic check payments quickly and affordably. - Paypal Ready
- Support Services
Live support via phone, e-mail, and live chat. - DotFront ecommerce Hosting
Secure hosting with your e-mail and domain name from DotFront's team of experts - housed in a state of the art data center with 99.9% uptime and Visa PCI Compliance. - Daily Data Backups
Your store and data is secure with Dotfront, we take daily data backups, just in case you delete or overwrite any file - Security is First.
- Product Import and Batch Update Utility
Easy information exchange! Add products to a web store or complete batch updates by simply importing data from an existing database or delimited file. - Catalog and Product Page Templates
Catalog and product page design just got a lot easier. DotFront lets you choose from a number of fully customizable templates without having to modify the html. - Unlimited Categories & Sub-Categories
Build unlimited levels of categories and subcategories so that merchants can easily manage products and support drill down product searches. - Price and Weight Sensitive Product Attributes
Easily manage product and shipping costs for product attributes, such as size. For example, merchants can charge more for a large bag of dog food and have accurate shipping costs that take into account the increased weight. - Inventory Tracking With Backorder
Advanced inventory tracking features allow merchants to keep track of inventory and communicate that to customers. Allow or disallow backorders, display quantity in stock on product pages, receive e-mail notification of low stock levels and more.
- Price Levels
Offer alternative pricing for particular customers/resellers. - Clearance Pricing
Clearance pricing helps manage supply and generate revenue. - URL Rewriter
Improve your search-engine results by dynamically changing your URLs. - Google Analytics
Understand where your site traffic is going, improve conversion rates and increase the amount of time on your site with Google Analytics. Google Analytics is integrated in every DotFront store. - Search Engine Submission
Type in your own site-specific key words, meta-tags and descriptions, and DotFront will automatically place them on your web store pages. - E-Coupons
Now its easy to use coupons as sales incentives. Specify when and how the coupon will expire and what items the coupon can be applied to. - Product or Storewide Sales
Launch sales for specific products, product categories, vendors or manufacturers or implement a storewide sale. Ex: All widgets on sale, 10% off all Acme products, everything on sale. You have the ability to accelerate sales where you want. - Extended Affiliate Programs
Build referral sales with DotFront's fully automated affiliate program. Powerful affiliate management tools allow affiliates to securely track referral sales. - Suggested Selling
The easiest time to add on a sale is when a customer is buying. With suggested selling you can link add-on products to customers' choices several times during the buying process. - Cross Selling (Related Items)
Encourage add-on sales by displaying related item/services at the bottom of product detail pages. - Quantity Discounts (Volume Pricing)
Promote bulk purchases by offering quantity discounts to customers. Set up to seven separate levels and offer a percentage or fixed amount off of base the base price.
- Sales Reports
Monitor sales activity using detailed sales reporting tools. Generate sales summary, sales detail and product sales reports. - Order Fulfillment
Merchants can manage incoming orders with DotFront's order fulfillment tools. They can track which orders have been paid and/or shipped, print packing slips, and enter shipping tracking numbers. - Merchant Tools with User Accounts
Easily update product information, run sales, and manage store settings through a set of web based store administration tools. You can even extend permission levels across your organization to alter price, add promotions, etc. - E-Mail Confirmations
Merchants and shoppers receive instant e-mail notification when an order has been placed. Customize the content, add images, etc to your confirmation e-mails.
- Developer APIs
Published interfaces for modules such as shipping, tax, inventory, order tracking, etc. allow for full customization of the DotFront application. - Technology Platform
Open Source fully customizable up scalable solution application. - SQL Server Database Support
DotFront provides full support for a robust, high performance SQL Server backend.
- Restaurant - Take out - Delivery
- Beauty Supply Stores
- Printing Companies
- Furniture companies
- Auto Parts
- Fashion/clothing Stores
- Shoes stores
- Office supplies
- Electronic Stores
- Vitamin Stores
- Car Dealers
Shopper Features
A smooth, intuitive shopping experience builds trust — and trust drives conversions.
- Shopping Cart Thumbnail with Attribute Images
Customers see exactly what they ordered — reducing confusion and increasing purchase confidence. - Simple Search Utility
Shoppers can search for products from any page, making navigation fast and frustration-free. - Advanced Search Filters
Help customers quickly narrow down options and find exactly what they are looking for. - Running Cart Total
A live cart summary appears on every page, keeping shoppers informed and in control. - Customer Address Book
Shoppers can securely store multiple shipping addresses — perfect for repeat buyers and gift purchases. - Wish Lists
Let customers save products for later and share their wish lists with friends and family.
Store Management
Everything you need to run your store efficiently — with full visibility and total control.
- Sales Reports
Monitor performance with detailed sales reporting tools. Generate sales summaries, transaction details, and product-level reports to make informed decisions. - Order Fulfillment
Manage incoming orders from one place. Track payment and shipping status, print packing slips, and enter carrier tracking numbers with ease. - Merchant Tools with User Accounts
Update products, launch promotions, and manage store settings through secure, web-based administration tools. Assign permission levels across your team to control pricing, promotions, and access. - Email Confirmations
Automatically notify merchants and shoppers when orders are placed. Fully customize confirmation emails with branding, images, and messaging.
Service & Support
You do not have to worry about the technical side of e-commerce.
dotFRONT takes care of it for you.
- Personal E-Business Consultant
Experienced online business consultants oversee your store setup and provide guidance to help you make smarter decisions as you grow. - Secure Payment Processing
Built on the industry-leading Authorize.Net gateway with full support for credit cards and electronic checks — fast, reliable, and trusted. - PayPal Ready
Offer customers familiar and trusted checkout options with PayPal integration out of the box.
- Live Support When You Need It
Real people, real help — available via phone, email, and live chat. - DotFront Managed Hosting
Secure e-commerce hosting in a state-of-the-art data center with 99.9% uptime and full PCI compliance. - Daily Data Backups
Your store and data are protected with automatic daily backups — because security and continuity always come first.
Order processing is a major strength with dotFRONT. Our solution includes all of the above features, it can also be fully customized to meet your business model in order to help you streamline and automate whatever order processing tasks your business operations require.
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